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The Wednesday AccrualNet Post (8-15-12): "You Oughta Be in Pictures": Use of videos for clinical trial recruitmentLast Updated: Feb 4, 2013
Originally posted by: Linda Parreco, AccuralNet Co-Moderator, on the former AccrualNet site on August 15, 2012.Have you shot any video with your smart phone lately? Or watched an interesting video embedded in your favorite web site? Please don't tell...
Started by: Candace Maynard
The Wednesday AccrualNet Blog Post (10-24-12): Lights…Camera…Action…Recruitment?Last Updated: Feb 4, 2013
Yesterday a few of us from NCI’s Office of Communications and Education met with an investigator who is interested in using You Tube for patient recruitment to a phase 1 cancer vaccine clinical trial.
Started by: Annette Galassi
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Article instrumentsLast Updated: Oct 17, 2012
Instruments of an important article available at http://www.cancors.org/public
Started by: urbicioperez
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I have the pdf documents. Thanks a lot Urbicio
I have the pdf documents. Thanks a lot Urbicio
Patient-Centered Research & Protocol DesignLast Updated: Oct 9, 2012
I'd love to discuss how people are using/interpreting the concept of patient-centered research* and protocol design to enhance recruitment and retention. In essence, how do we engage patients and providers from the design of the scientific...
Started by: JamieR
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Hi- we published a think-tank paper on CBPR (community based participatory research) and cancer treatment trials- see communitiesaspartners.org. I personally dont think...
Hi- we published a think-tank paper on CBPR (community based participatory research) and cancer treatment trials- see communitiesaspartners.org. I personally dont think...
The Wednesday AccrualNet Post (9-19-2012): Craigslist--an unexpectedly effective (and low-cost) recruitment resourceLast Updated: Sep 24, 2012
Originally posted by: Ellen Richmond, AccrualNet Co-Moderator on the former AccrualNet Site, September 13, 2012. Researchers were seeking a low-cost alternative to a previously used multifaceted recruitment strategy (using flyers, public service...
Started by: Candace Maynard
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The Wednesday AccrualNet Post (8-1-12): Encouraging Data from Study Testing Use of Social Media for Recruitment Last Updated: Sep 13, 2012
Originally posted by: Ellen Richmond, AccrualNet Co-Moderator, on the former AccrualNet site on August 3, 2012. After so much speculation about the potential of web-based recruitment approaches, it is good to see that studies that have evaluated...
Started by: Candace Maynard
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The Wednesday AccrualNet Post (8-8-12): Personal contact versus a website: What do potential participants prefer?Last Updated: Sep 13, 2012
Orignally posted by: Linda Parreco, AccrualNet Co-Moderator, on the former AccrualNet site on August 8, 2012. Using a website to assist in recruitment can be cost-effective and efficient, but researchers questioned whether potential participants would...
Started by: Candace Maynard
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Wednesday AccrualNet Post (9-5-12): 5 great reasons to track screen failures: Not just bumps on the logLast Updated: Sep 13, 2012
Originally posted by: Ellen Richmond, AccrualNet Co-Moderator, on the former AccrualNet site on September 6, 2012. We all know that, unfortunately, completing clinical trial accrual often takes more than a year. However, the flip side of the coin is...
Started by: Candace Maynard
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RandomizationLast Updated: Aug 30, 2012
Originally posted by: Anonymous on the former AccrualNet site on May 18, 2010. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to respond when a patient objects to enrolling in a trial because they do not want to be randomized?
Started by: nci staff
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Originally posted by: kendra-f on the former AccrualNet site on Jul 14, 2011.If a potential subject objects to randomization, I calmly explain the rationale behind it. ...
Originally posted by: kendra-f on the former AccrualNet site on Jul 14, 2011.If a potential subject objects to randomization, I calmly explain the rationale behind it. ...
Accrual Terminology and MetricsLast Updated: Aug 30, 2012
Originally posted by: Ellen Richmond, AccrualNet Co-Moderator, on the former AccrualNet site on Jul 01, 2010. One important unmet need of the clinical trials recruitment community is the lack of a common language for describing and studying...
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Guest Expert blog post by Dr. Lauren...